Pool-table.



B. GIULIO.

POOL TABLE.

APPLIUATION rum) APR. 11, mo.

964,236, Patented July12, 1910.

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B. GIULIO.

POOL TABLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1910.

964,236. Patent ad July 12, I910.

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slihjefctpf the King ,of- Italy, residing at Silverton, .in. thecounty-of vSan J nan and State of Coloradof'll ave. .inveutedcerta1n= new and use'ful Improvements in .Pobl-Tw bles {and I do; herebydeclare the followin g te. e a fullpclear, and exact description .of

invention, such as -wi1l.-;.enable "others sk lled inpthe art to whichit-appertainszto make amuse thesame, reference beinghad the accompaiiying drawings, and tovt he letters and figures {of reterencemarlted thereon, gfiorrn; a part of; this specification. This invention relates mew .and. useful improvements in pool 'tables the object be= ing' to provide ameans whereby .the balls wherebyithdgballs ofith'e different players ay he; directed "toa'nyj one particular comart'li e'nthndin'the provision of means for -1ndie2tt1ng'th-Tiumb'er of thefpoeket .corre spondingto are p y j The invention "(:bmprises various details of construction, iiihbinations and arrangements lof partswhich '"'vvill' be hereinafter fully. de-

' scr1bed '-arfd"then'speciticallj defined in the appended claimsl' I illustrate myhnve'ntion in the aceom panying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is'a top =plariwiew of the table. Fig. 2 is a bottom' plan view of a portion of the top removed. Fig. '3 is a detail sectional View vertically through the compartments into which the ball is adapted to roll. Fig. 4: is asectional view at right angles through the ball containing compartment. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the table showing the inclined way down which the balls roll, and Fig. 6 is an end view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a bed portion for the table 13 and is supported upon the legs A". The table top proper is provided with the usual pockets C at the corners and at points opposite on the longitudinal sides of the table, and inclined ways D are formed in the opposite sides of the table and extendabout one end of the table f fnioivbij,eroLioQ or srtvnn'ron. COLORADO.

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, i'sio. Serial in. 554,721.

and adapted todeliver the ball upon' a late-r dimmed July 12, 1910,

ally projecting slide E which is adapted to determine the particular compartment into which the ball is adapted to be deposited. .-\t one'end of'the table is positioned a cab net I having aplurality o'f compartn'ients for the reception of balls of the different players, it I beinglny purpose to provide one compartment for each player. Each of said cmnpartmcnts 1s [)lUVltltfd with a door l whereby access may be had to the compartmentand mounteed upon the cabmct or other suitable location adjacent'thercto is a series of bells ll, -one for-each compartment and each having preferably a distinct tone. livotally mount ed-uponthe cabinet. are the bell hammers I, one for each of said: bells and one end of:

each hammer-is ad: ted to be positioned in the upper: portion oihts respective compartment and forming means whereby, when the ball drops into.tlie"compartment, it will contact-against are projecting end of the ham- .mcr and cause the bell indicating thatcom W partment to ring. I

The slide E is provided \\'llll an opening E adapted to be brought into registration with the opening lll any one of the compartments and is pivotallyconnected to a bar J which is mounted upon a pivotal pin K upon the under side of the table. ln

ating, levers, designated respectivel by lot- .order that the slide llmay be moved from cither end ol' the table, l provide two oper-a upon the under side of the table and has pivotal linlt connections M with the tilting-lair" J. livotally connected to the bar J are the rack bars Q, each of which has teeth Q upon one of its edges which are adapted to mesh with the pinions which have stub shafts 1" extending through the rim of the table and having indicating pointers S fixed to their upper ends, said indicating pointers being adapted to move over the dial S upon the marginal edge of the table, said dial having numbers corresponding to the numbers of the compartments .in said cabinet.

The strip J has a pin '1 fixed thereto which extends through an elongated slot '1" formed in the table at one end, said pin projecting through the slot and having an indicating pointer T adapted to indicate-opposite the numerals adjacent to the slot in the end, thereby forming five ditl'erent indicating means, two each upon opposite longitudinal sides and one at the end of the table.

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over the-dial'to indicatea number corre-' sponding with the number of the compartment to receive the .ballzof the particular player.- As the balls enter-[the pockets, they I will roll by'gravity to the particular compartment indicated upon the dial and, as they enter the compartment, the ball falling against the hamrner'will cause-the bell of a distinct tone to ring, designating that the ball has entered the c0mpart-ment.- When the time arrives for the next player to play, the lever'may be re ulated to adjust the slide so that any bafi entering the pocket will roll to such players compartment and indicatingon the dial the number ofthe compartment and ringing a bell of distinct tone. After the game has been finished or it is desired to remove theballs from their respective compartments in the cabinet, the tops of said com artments may be opened and the balls rea ily removed.

What I claim tobe new is:-

1. A pool table having pockets, a cabinet at one end of the table divided into compart:

ments, inclined grooves connecting the various pockets with the cabinet, an apertured slide at the exit ends of said grooves and adapted to direct a ball to -any particular compartment, and means for moving said slide.

2. A pool table having pockets, a cabinet at one end of the table divided into compartments, inclined grooves connecting the vari- -adapted to direct a ball to any ous pockets with the cabinet, an apertured slide at the exit ends of said grooves and articular compartment, indicating mechanism upon the table, and means for moving the-same simultaneously with the slide toadjust the latter to allow balls to enter a certain compartment and indicate the compartment.

3. A pool table having pockets, a-cabinet at one end of the table divided into compartments, inclined grooves connecting the various pockets Wltl the cabmet, an apertured slide at the exit ends of said grooves and adapted to direct a ball to any particular compartment, indicating mechanism upon the table, means for moving the same simultaneously with the slide to adjust the latter to allow the balls to enter a certain compartment and indicate the com )artment, a bell for each compartment, and hammers having their ends projecting one into each compartment and inthe paths of said balls as they enter the compartments.

4. A pool table having ockets, inclined grooves leading from the latter, a cabinet at one end of the tabledivided into compartments, an apertured slide at the exit ends of said grooves and adapted to guide balls into said compartments, a bellfor each compartment, a hammer'positioned in the path of each ball entering a compartment,

a dial upon the marginal edge of the table, an indicating pointer movable over the same, a ivotal bar connected to said slide, pinion w eels having shafts extendin through the marginal edge of the table an connected to said pointers, rack bars on aging 'saidinions and fastened to said sli e'-actuating er, and pivotal levers for tilting said bar.

vIn testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature 'in the presenceof twowitnesses.

v BIONDI GIULIO. Witnesses: GEO. Pnzznr'ro,

AMnnAzIo SIMONIELLI. 

